Grammar uld
THE SHERLOCK HOLMES MUSEUM
SOUVENIRS Books ANTIQUES AND CURIOS
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Past Simple - Past Progressive
While the detective was looking around the room, he noticed a footprint on the carpet
We were driving down Pershing Street when the police stopped us.
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Complete using the Past Simple or the Past Progressive of the verbs in brackets.
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Last summer I (1)
(go) on a trip to London with my
best friend Jennifer. we (2)
(walk) around, we
(3)
(see) on the map that we (4)
(be)
close to Baker Street, the home of the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes.
So we (5)
(follow) the map until we (6)
(reach) 221b Baker Street. Today there is a Sherlock Holmes museum there, so we
(buy) some tickets and (8)
(enter).
It (9)
(be) a fascinating place with lots of objects from the
Sherlock Holmes stories. Then something remarkable (10)
(happen). While Jennifer
(11)
(look) out of the famous first floor room onto the street, she (12)
(see) someone
who (13)
(try) to pick an old man's pocket. She (14)
(start) banging on the window
and luckily, the old man (15)
(notice) the pickpocket at work. He (16)
(scream) for
help and as the pickpocket (17)
(run) down the street, a policeman (18)
(catch) him.
It (19)
(not be) exactly a Sherlock Holmes case, but at least the criminal (20)
(not get away​